The site of the 19th century Snaefell lead mine complex situated near the head of Laxey Glen. This mine opened circa 1856 when the main shaft was sunk on the left bank of the eastern tributary of the Laxey River. This main shaft reached a depth of 171 fathoms in 1895. The mine continued operating into the early part of the 20th century. The present site has been much disturbed by the reworking of the 'Deads' by Metalliferous Holdings Ltd.


Snaefell (washing floor site SC408874), a Lead and Zinc mine at the head of the main Laxey valley, was an offshoot of the Great Laxey operation and subsequently independent. Its washing floors and complex system of multiple contour leats was several times re-modelled, the waterwheels and turbines being repositioned and augmented. A footpath comes down from the north, a branch of which runs from the Mountain Road at the north end of the Verandah and later splits to provide access to both the head of the Cornaa valley  and the lower Laxey area. There is also pedestrian access up a long track from Agneash village. 


From the two powder houses on the hillside above the main washing floor site, you can see the main leat. Although it has been cut by landslips it was wide enough to act as a dam. One capped shaft and a chimney survive, with one water-trough support downstream on it, on the right (west) stream bank opposite the main shaft. Most structures now obvious were left when Metalliferous Holdings Ltd. installed a ball crushing mill and modern flotation tanks when they were reworking the deads in the 1950s. There is an unidentified older stone building in the gully downstream and wooden water ducts sometimes erode from the recent waste dumps.